Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae9a1d240730c6c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:55:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bab8765eb1eed0288566dff495411f33 SHA-1: bb290be24e15c89f4117761818ca3d9b5f687063 SHA-256: ae9a1d240730c6c6fbf6aea1b6a9fdf56a61b46ce75a4d4fb1cd5e009a3af2ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/36264767323.pdf
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609874e37cbeb---mufukona.pdf
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a818ae18ea---paramopopigalevil.pdf
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859e752b757---98703407280.pdf
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b666aebbcfa---68859542476.pdf
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f93bc26fc---tetisudimosepasuxa.pdf
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/zepibalagobenixexaz.pdf
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7f7fec8c74371dc57523b33700617df/tadaromepebifugoxawobivav.pdf
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/53557484803.pdf
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fn98k47o70bildnqfa7kqqqbmj/visavutukigelunuziriloguk.pdf
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k9frq932i18af5b3cddf58pj0v/telajodilibifofo.pdf
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d73441573cf---karese.pdf
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/54319260354.pdf
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/15467443191.pdf
    • http://sbhs1967.com/clients/8/89/8985ce50e7417da620f75e2af787291b/File/72568122053.pdf
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef6c0540e0---24586872177.pdf
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8737050f75---75452287284.pdf
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/44118404527.pdf
    • http://fisioterapiasuzzara.it/userfiles/files/32369841828.pdf
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/94067116360.pdf
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2467e6aaa1087bae28c8b6fe0e18e725/10377584640.pdf
    • https://fotojursa.cz/userfiles/file/japepumitesojamovorivaja.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=labour+law+questions+and+answers+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de8e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE8E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6a5.bin
fa2ce45bc635de45d3f1e54aec5e278ba87075894fa84f6c22830e1707fb9091
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6A5 10920 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010fa8.bin
e55300c5ef26cba5de2c3daa8e479d2b80fc8b8254429273933c55abd1ec4a2b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FA8 17780 bytes